Congratulations, winners!
You all did a fantastic job. And thank you, judges! You guys are awesome!
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| Author: | Constable Jaynin Mimetes [ February 14th, 2012, 10:40 am ] |
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Dear Contest Entrants, Winners, and Observers: On Sunday I was privvy to a most important meeting between three illustrious beings; the contest judges. Their decisions were unanimous, and six finalists were chosen. Without any further suspense I am going to reveal those finalists. Fantasy Winner: Forbidden, by J. Grace Pennington Fantasy Runner Up: The Four Choices, by Riniel Jasmina Science Fiction Winner: Resurrection Train, by Fidle Science Fiction Runner Up: Verdani’s Key, by BushMaid Historical Winner: Mama’s Clock, by Lady InkSword Historical Runner Up: The Messenger, by BushMaid Congratulations to the winners and the contestants! Thanks so much for entering. I’m glad I wasn’t one of the judges and had to pick between all of your wonderful entries. Before everyone runs off to party a few basic instructions. Winners: Along with your judge’s feedback you will receive a request for your mailing address. This will be forwarded by yours truly to the judge giving away your prizes, and you will be in contact with them from that point. Runner Ups: You will also be asked to give your mailing address, so that I can send you your printed certificate. If you do not wish to disclose your address I can send you the digital version, which you can print out and fill out yourself. Your e-mail address will also be forwarded to the judge who is sending you an e-book. If you already own the book or ebook you receive: have a contest! Host a giveaway on your blog. Make a present of it to your best friend. Refer to the original announcement to find out what book you will be receiving. Everyone Else: If, for some reason, you do not receive your judges feedback in the next 24 hours shoot me an e-mail and I’ll get on it. As promised you will all be e-mailed with helpful comments from both me and the judges. In Addition: The “Ask the Judges” thread is open for participation. Remember the judges put in a lot of time and effort into this contest, so be nice, not demanding. Also remember that everyone has room to improve. Just because you didn’t win doesn’t mean that you didn’t write a remarkable entry. I encourage all of you to go back over your entry and try to find ways to improve it. You can post it in the Fireside to get further feedback from your fellow HWers. All the winning entries will be posted on the blog. We request the winners and runner ups to refrain from posting their work publicly until it has appeared on HW’s blog. The stories will be posted over a six week period in the following order: Fantasy Winner Science Fiction Winner Historical Winner Fantasy Runner Up Science Fiction Runner Up Historical Runner Up Overall comments: I have a bit of feedback for each and every one of you, right here and right now. Along with declaring the winners the judges also had one piece of advice that every single contestant could benefit from. In the words of Aubrey Hansen: “If I could give advice to all the contestants as a whole... it’d be to watch your arc; especially your ending. We had a lot of stories with great premises and even great writing, but it was missing an arc, or the ending flopped.” So there you are. One ending I can guarantee that did not flop was the one to this contest! Brilliant job, guys, and stick to our blog like glue for the next six weeks! |
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| Author: | AzlynRose [ February 14th, 2012, 10:44 am ] |
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Congratulations, winners! You all did a fantastic job. And thank you, judges! You guys are awesome!
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| Author: | Ophelia MirZA Mimetes [ February 14th, 2012, 10:51 am ] |
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 Congratulations!  !!!*Glues self to HW blog*  *Waits*  ~ZA |
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| Author: | The Bard [ February 14th, 2012, 10:56 am ] |
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Huzzah! Congratulation to the winners!
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| Author: | Elly [ February 14th, 2012, 11:17 am ] |
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Congratulations, everybody!! Thanks to everyone for entering as well.
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| Author: | FiddleGuitarist [ February 14th, 2012, 11:42 am ] |
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Congratulations to all the winners and runner-ups!  Great contest, guys, thanks for putting it together. Can't wait to read the other entries.
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| Author: | Andrew Amnon Mimetes [ February 14th, 2012, 11:51 am ] |
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Congratulations, everyone!! I can't wait to read all the entries *finds an empty spot on the blog and glues self*Andrew |
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| Author: | Kiev Shawn [ February 14th, 2012, 12:29 pm ] |
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Congratulations, guys! I can't wait to read everyone's entries.
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| Author: | Celestria [ February 14th, 2012, 1:10 pm ] |
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Congratulations everyone! I agree with Shawn, I can't wait to read them! |
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| Author: | Elly [ February 14th, 2012, 2:25 pm ] |
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Andrew wrote: Congratulations, everyone!! I can't wait to read all the entries *finds an empty spot on the blog and glues self*Andrew  Don't hurt yourself.... gluing yourself to the blog sounds kind of scary. 
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| Author: | Lady Elanor [ February 14th, 2012, 2:28 pm ] |
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Congratulations!
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| Author: | The Wolverminion [ February 14th, 2012, 3:23 pm ] |
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This is very good advertising for how good the OYAN curriculum is for your writing in general, not just for writing adventure novels... The three winners' stories were easy to pick, because they were so well-written. Braden and Hannah are friends from OYAN, and I know Jenny has used OYAN, though she isn't on the forum like Braden and Hannah and I. |
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| Author: | The Wolverminion [ February 14th, 2012, 3:25 pm ] |
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By the way, I have Hannah's address, so I can mail her prize now. And I just published The Unseen for Kindle, so Jazz, would you like that for your historical fiction prize? (Or a PDF, if you don't have a Kindle or Kindle for your computer) |
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| Author: | FiddleGuitarist [ February 14th, 2012, 3:32 pm ] |
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Luke, Fluke of a Duke wrote: This is very good advertising for how good the OYAN curriculum is for your writing in general, not just for writing adventure novels... The three winners' stories were easy to pick, because they were so well-written. Braden and Hannah are friends from OYAN, and I know Jenny has used OYAN, though she isn't on the forum like Braden and Hannah and I. Win for Mr. S.
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| Author: | J. Grace Pennington [ February 14th, 2012, 4:21 pm ] |
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Congratulations to all! I can't wait to read the other winners!
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| Author: | BushMaid [ February 14th, 2012, 4:43 pm ] |
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Congratulations, everyone!! Well done to you winners! And I'm looking forward to reading your entries. *stalks blog*Thankyou so much Katie, Matt, Philly, and Bethany for the brilliant job you have done with the competition! You did a fantastic job!
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| Author: | John Garrett [ February 14th, 2012, 4:51 pm ] |
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Congratulations everyone! I look forward to being here when the next contest starts.
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| Author: | Aragorn [ February 14th, 2012, 5:25 pm ] |
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Congratulations to the winners!
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| Author: | Crushmaster [ February 14th, 2012, 6:33 pm ] |
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Congratulations to all the winners! God bless, Joel ><>. |
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| Author: | Charis Rhiannyr [ February 14th, 2012, 8:21 pm ] |
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Congratulations, everyone! *applause* This was fun. I'm looking forward to reading all the stories. |
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| Author: | Airianna Valenshia [ February 15th, 2012, 9:55 pm ] |
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Congrats, everyone.
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| Author: | Constable Jaynin Mimetes [ February 29th, 2012, 8:43 am ] |
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Oh, I finally shipped the winner announcements on Monday! So sorry for forgetting; my local post office closed so they had to go into town so they didn't get out two weeks ago, and for some reason I just couldn't remember to send them along with anyone last week. Anyhow, they're on their way now. Let me know when you get them, and I'll post a picture here so the rest of the forum can see the pretties.
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| Author: | Constable Jaynin Mimetes [ March 4th, 2012, 12:39 pm ] | |||
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The first place for Science Fiction is up! Sorry I didn't announce this sooner. Also, the winner certificates went out on Monday, so those of you who live in the US should have received them by now. Those of you who live outside of the US already know what they look like... And so, by popular demand, pretty pictures of the lovely certificates made by BushMaid.
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| Author: | Rachel Newhouse [ March 4th, 2012, 12:42 pm ] |
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Gorgeous...
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| Author: | Lady Elanor [ March 4th, 2012, 12:47 pm ] |
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Wow. Those are fantastic! |
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| Author: | AzlynRose [ March 4th, 2012, 12:58 pm ] |
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Yes, very pretty....  
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| Author: | Calista Bethelle [ March 4th, 2012, 3:06 pm ] |
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*Gaspeth* Those are so pretty!
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| Author: | Aragorn [ March 4th, 2012, 4:14 pm ] |
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Wow. Nice certificates.
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| Author: | PrincessoftheKing [ March 6th, 2012, 12:57 pm ] |
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Those are lovely!
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| Author: | Kiev Shawn [ March 6th, 2012, 1:40 pm ] |
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Gorgeous!!! I love that tablecloth... |
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| Author: | Lady Elanor [ March 6th, 2012, 1:59 pm ] |
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Shawn Qadowsh Mimetes wrote: I love that tablecloth... I thought that too!
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| Author: | Constable Jaynin Mimetes [ March 9th, 2012, 12:15 am ] |
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I almost forgot this! Mama's Clock, by Hannah Mills! (Hannah, if you have an "about" and a web page I'll edit it in.) |
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| Author: | The Wolverminion [ March 9th, 2012, 1:09 am ] |
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Hannah's website is www.swordofink.com. She's not on the fantasy forum, just the historical one and I think she might be getting on sci-fi too. |
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| Author: | Constable Jaynin Mimetes [ March 9th, 2012, 2:18 am ] |
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Ah, thanks for that info.
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| Author: | FiddleGuitarist [ March 9th, 2012, 7:29 am ] |
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I got my certificate. 'Tis very awesome--great job with those, BushMaid! I was, however, rather disappointed that the tablecloth wasn't included. 
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| Author: | Lady Elanor [ March 9th, 2012, 9:08 am ] |
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Fidle Mimetes wrote: I got my certificate. 'Tis very awesome--great job with those, BushMaid! I was, however, rather disappointed that the tablecloth wasn't included. *Laughs*
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| Author: | Calista Bethelle [ March 9th, 2012, 2:12 pm ] |
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*Laughs at Fidle* Those certificates are pretty neat! Next time I'll have to try and earn one.
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| Author: | Airianna Valenshia [ March 10th, 2012, 9:10 pm ] |
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You know how much I love your work, Aussie.
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| Author: | BushMaid [ March 11th, 2012, 3:46 am ] |
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 I'm very honoured that you all like them. I hoped that they would make worthy prizes for your awesome writing.
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| Author: | Evening L. Aspen [ March 12th, 2012, 12:00 am ] |
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Those are some awesome certificates. (And I find it amusing that their creator ended up with two of 'em... )I love the sci-fi one especially. The header font with the little lights is awesome. Is that the cover image from Red Rain in the background? The planets look familiar.
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| Author: | BushMaid [ March 12th, 2012, 12:04 am ] |
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Actually, it would be familiar to you. It's the same planet I used for the HWSF birthday invitation.
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| Author: | Evening L. Aspen [ March 12th, 2012, 12:27 am ] |
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Ahh, got it. That explains it, then.
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| Author: | Constable Jaynin Mimetes [ March 15th, 2012, 5:47 pm ] |
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The fourth entry is up! http://t.co/EXL4cnxD Rinny, I didn't know what name to use, so holler if you want it changed. Also, if you send me a biography and/or webpage I'll add that. Matthew, you'll notice I added in a bio for Hannah from her website. Point it out to her.
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| Author: | Constable Jaynin Mimetes [ March 29th, 2012, 11:10 am ] |
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The last entry is up! The Messenger, by BushMaid. |
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| Author: | Lady Elanor [ April 9th, 2012, 12:00 pm ] |
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